Flour-sifter.



O. L. JONES.

FLOUR SIFTER. APPLICATION FILED DBCLQHk 1907.

91 1, 130. Patented Feb. 2, 1909 Z01; tnesses inventor FLOUR-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed December 23, 1907, Serial No, 407,633.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ConA L. Jonas, a citizen of the United States, residing at lonha Hg, in the county of Norfolk and State of assachusetts, have invented new and useful Im rovements in l lour-jilte s, of which the fol owing is a speci'lication.

This invention relates to improvements in flour sitters, and the object is primarily to provide a flour sifter which will thoroughly sift and aerate flour without the use of mov ing parts and without removal of the llour from the sifter until the sitting and aeration of the Hour is complete.

Another object is to provide an end for the sitter so arranged that when the user empties the Hour from the sitter into a cup or other small receptacle the use of a funnel is obvi ated.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the fol lowing specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional elevation of a lour sitter embodying my invention. Fig. .2 is a plan section taken on line 2--2 of Fig, 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts through out the several views of the, drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a casing comprising a preferabl cylindrical shell 6 having one end closed a bottom 7, the other end bc ing closed y a preferably frusto-mnical cover or end 8 which may be n'ovidcd with a right-angled or L-shaped slot 9 in which is located a projection 10 formed on the shell 6. The cover '8 ma be detached from the shell 6 by rotating Skthl C-UVBI' in the proper direction to bring the vertical portion of the. slot 9 into alinenient with the projection 10 and then lifting said cover thus rausin said projection to pass out of said slot. when the projection 10 is located in the position shown in the drawing, the cover 8 is securely attached to the shell 6 so that it cannot become accidental] detached therefrom. The cover 8 is provir ed with an outlet orifice 11 which is normally closed by a cap 12 which may be rovided with 9. r1 lit-angled or L- shaped-s ot 13 in which is coated a rojcction 14 formed on the cover 8, where y said cap is detachably attached to said cover and cannot become accidentally detached therefrom. u

A plurality of sieves or screens 15 extend across the shell 6 and are rigidly secured thereto. The casing 5 is provided with a passage lo extending transversely of the sieves 15 and terminating at its upper and lower ends above and be ow the upper and lower sieves 15, respectively, said passage in this instance being formed by introducing into the casing 5 a wall 17 against which the sieves l5 abut. The \\'all 17 is bent inwardly at 18 and 19. These inwardly bent portions act to deflect the flour inwardly toward the central portion of the sifter as it falls through the sieves and thus when the siiter is inverted to sift the flour back again toward; the opposite end there is little chance of any of the flour passing through the air passage. The casing 5 may be provided with any suitable form of handle such as the handle 20 shown in the drawing.

The silter is used in the following manner: The sitter is placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, the cover 8 is removed, the flour to be siltaed is placed on thequp )erinost sieve 15 and said cover isi then in i need The user grasps the handIc QO and s rakes the sifter in a horizontal direction thus causing the flour to ass through the upper sieve onto the Illli die or intermediate sieve and thence through the l0\\'(l1n0Si-Sl(VQ onto the bottom 7. it will bc soon that the passage 16 providcs for thoeseape of air from beneath the sieves during the sitting process 'ust de scribed and the air that passes from the lower part of the silter passes through said assage u vi'ardly into the upper part of sair silt-er. l it were not for the provision of the passage 16, there would be a tendency to form an air pressure in the space at the bottom and u partial vacuum in the space at the top of the sil'tcr owing to the fact that the particles of flour have a very strong tendency to cling to each other and )revent the passa e of air thcrebetween. be whole mass of our new bein at the bottom of the sitter the user then inverts the same and repeats the foregoing shaking process which results in the flour passing tirough the series of sieves once more to the opposite end. The user repeats the foregoing a number of times and the flour by passing repeatedly through the sieves is thoroughly aerated and li htcned up by separating the particles am allowing them to become separated by :ery small air s aces and this is done without the use of any o l the usual agitators. Furthermore, during the process of sifting and aerating the llour the same remains in the silter until it is entirely sifted and aerated. "lhe funetm In the inwardlybent lmlLiOllS of the well 17is tn deflect the Ilnur from the passage 16 toward the central part of the top end bottom of the Sifter. If new it lJU desired Le empty the Hour into EL small vessel shell as {L cup, the user removes the my 12] mm the Hour passes thrnugh the m'ifiee H mm Hm eup and thus it will he seen that the we ml :1 funnel is nlviellede Having thus deserilwd my inveltltiun, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent [m secure is:

In a flour Sifter, a closed easing, 21nd :1

.5 sieve extending acress said cal-lug, said @215- ing being provided with a passage and having IL wall whu-h imunds said passage on one side, said well extending trmmwrsely of and terminating beyond oppesite sides, respectively, uf said eieve mljecent Le said ende, said well being inclined inwm'dly at its opposite ends, res wetively, Lmnu'd the central portion 91" said casing.

ln lmlimwny wherein" l have hereunto my hand in yuesenve of twu subsel'iliing wit:

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